Collection includes eight photographs of the Black family, as well as related families such as the Shurman and Swan families. Family members are all descendants of William Morley Black. Also includes copy negatives of some of the photographs. Dated approximately 1870-1949.

The folder contains a handwritten letter responding to a request by a person named Franklin to tell about the Ford, Black, and Baker families dated 1925. The author of the letter writes about such families in the gold fields in the Black Hills area and in the state of Colorado. The signature on the item appears to be that of Gina T. Sopins, but that is uncertain.